Numbers 16:32

Easy To Read Version

It was like the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them. All of Korah’s men, their families, and everything they owned went down into the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 4:11

{You killed your brother,} and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. So now, I will cause bad things to happen to that ground.

1 Chronicles 6:22

These were Kohath’s descendants: [51] Amminadab was Kohath’s son. Korah was Amminadab’s son. Assir was Korah’s son.

1 Chronicles 6:37

Zephaniah was Tahath’s son. Tahath was Assir’s son. Assir was Ebiasaph’s son. Ebiasaph was Korah’s son.

Psalm 106:17

So God punished those jealous people.\par The ground opened up\par and swallowed Dathan.\par Then the ground closed up\par and covered Abiram’s group.\par

Psalm 141:7

People dig and plow the ground.\par And spread the dirt around.\par In the same way, our bones\par will be spread around in their grave.\par

Psalm 84:1

Lord All-Powerful, your temple {\cf2\super [483]} \par is really lovely.\par

Psalm 85:1

Lord, be kind to your country.\par Jacob’s \{people are exiles {\cf2\super [493]} \par in a foreign country.\}\par Bring the exiles back to their country.\par

Psalm 88:1

Lord God, you are my Savior.\par I have been praying to you\par day and night.\par

Isaiah 24:19

There will be earthquakes.\par And the earth will split open.\par

Isaiah 5:14

Then \{they will die and\} Sheol, {\cf2\super [53]} \{the place of death\}, will get more and more people. That \{place of death\} will open her mouth with no limit. And all those people will go down into Sheol.”

Numbers 16:17

Each of you must bring a pan, put incense [204] on it, and present it to the Lord. There will be 250 pans {for the leaders} and one pan for you and one pan for Aaron.”

Numbers 16:30

But if the Lord causes these men to die in a different way—something new—then you will know that these men have truly sinned against the Lord. {This is the proof:} the earth will open and swallow these men. They will go down to their grave still alive. And everything that belongs to these men will go down with them.”

Numbers 16:31

When Moses finished saying these things, the ground under the men opened.

Numbers 16:33

Those people went down into their grave alive. Everything they owned went with them. Then the earth closed over them. They were finished—gone from the camp!

Numbers 16:49

But 14,700 people died from that sickness—and that is not counting the people who died because of Korah.

Numbers 26:10

That was the time when the earth opened and swallowed Korah and all of his followers. And 250 men died! That was a warning to all the people of Israel.

Numbers 26:11

But the other people who were from the family of Korah did not die.

Numbers 27:3

“Our father died while we were traveling through the desert. Our father died a natural death. He was not one of the men that joined Korah’s group. (Korah was the man who turned against the Lord.) But our father had no sons.

Numbers 4:18

“Be careful! Don’t let these Kohathite men be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 11:6

You saw what the Lord did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab from Reuben’s family. All the people of Israel watched as the ground opened up like a mouth and swallowed those men. It swallowed their families, their tents, and all of their servants and animals.

Revelation 12:16

But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that came from the mouth of the giant snake.